hey ride your bike: ongoing bike month stuff

quiet morning at the turtle pond
Originally uploaded by faster panda kill kill.

so we are mid-month into bike month in austin. are there more people out on bikes? i dunno. it's the same for lots of us that commute on bike every day. when u stop and really look around - at all the bikes parked/locked on campus (i assume someone rides those at some point) and all the bikes everywhere else around town and the folks you see riding their bikes....there's alot of us. keep riding.

brian said the midnite moonlite tower ride was swell. led out by the good man lee of east side pedal pushers - sounds like i missed a fun ride. well with summer here. lets have more of them.

brian is also determined to have a alleycat race soon. so will post any news regarding that.

here's some bike lineup for this week:

WEDNESDAY MAY 17: RIDE OF SILENCE
TIME: 7pm
WHERE: Ped Bridge. Brief dedication at 6:45, ride begins at 7:00pm. route of the ride
WHY: Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/19.3 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
more info

THURSDAY MAY 18: RIDE TO THIRD THURSDAY & BIKE IN MOVIE
TIME: movie at 8:30
WHERE: Wheatsville Co-op. 3101 Guadalupe St.
WHY: eat some food. listen to some music. drink some beer. ride your bike up and down Guadalupe. but watch out for the big duck.
SIMON's MOVIE: BYO food, drinks, seats, and your own bike themed short movies to screen. The Nomadic Cinema Club and BikeTakeover present regular bike in movies that are always free. Liberating film from the theater, removing you from your car, fueling discussion, inspiring people to act. Films are non-conventional, informative and hopefully inspiring: documentary, fiction, music, political, social, shorts, many locally made.

FRIDAY MAY 19: BIKE TO WORK DAY (FREE BREAKFAST) AND HAPPY HOUR LATER
TIME: 7-9AM
WHERE:
Downtown: Whole Foods Market. 6th and Lamar.
Downtown: Little City Espresso Bar & Cafe. 916 Congress Ave.
Central: Wheatsville Food Coop. 3101 Guadalupe Street.
North: Buck's Bikes. Jollyville one block north of Oak Knoll.
North: Upper Crust Bakery. 4508 Burnet Rd.
North: ACA and Clif Bar. Shoal Creek Blvd. at the Far West Blvd. bridge.
South: Joe's Coffeehouse. South Congress
South: Bicycle Sportshop. 517 S. Lamar.
East: Progress Coffee. 500 San Marcos at E. 5th St.
West: Magnolia Cafe. 2304 Lake Austin Blvd.

Arrange to meet your friends or coworkers at participating locations for bike-to-work-day libations. Let them know you rode your bike to work today.
WHERE:
North: Draught House Pub and Brewery
South: Woody's
East: Cafe Mundi
Downtown: Mother Egan's and Lovejoy's
TIME: Happy Hour until 7:00pm